The Sad Face of Bogotá Cycling

A father-daughter outing - with anti-toxic face masks.

This cycling father and daughter pair struck me as tremendously sad, outfitted as they were with their anti-pollution face masks for a Saturday afternoon outing in central Bogotá. They looked more appropriate for a visit to a toxic dump or the scene of an industrial disaster. 

But, come to think of it, Bogotá may be the scene of a chronic and perpetual industrial disaster. 

Buses belching smoke near the intersection where I saw the masked father and daughter. 

By Mike Ceaser, of Bogotá Bike Tours